Case study
PPS Consulting India led the internal strategy and consulting office of a global business for 642 hours, while the business ran a finance and accounting transformation across several continents with a budget above US$5 million. We helped reconfigure how the office takes on and delivers work, and gave the CFO and leadership one view of the key initiatives in the programme.
642 hours
leading the office through a finance and accounting transformation with a budget above US$5 million
The business ran an internal strategy and consulting office, and its work centred on a finance and accounting transformation spanning several continents.
Initiatives were not tracked in one place, processes and roles differed from one initiative to the next, and leadership lacked a regular, reliable view of how the programme was going.
An operating model for the office's engagements, from request intake through prioritisation, scoping and staffing, delivery in sprints and a readout to the sponsor, to follow-through. Standard procedures, a RACI for each initiative (who is responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) and a governance model to run them.
A portfolio management system for tracking every initiative, set up in a software-as-a-service tool, with reporting templates and executive dashboards. Hands-on support for initiative owners and project managers to set up their projects in it.
Regular progress reviews that brought together insights, risks and issues for the CFO and the leadership team, and advice on key projects in the programme, including the choice of a new finance and accounting software tool and robotic process automation in accounts receivable.
The engagement operating model
The office lead owns intake, prioritisation and reporting; engagement leads own scope, delivery and the readout.
Intake and prioritisation
Delivery rhythm
Leadership view, weekly
It is if:
“He's been instrumental as we've evaluated and reconfigured our internal strategic consulting operations.”
With the PPS Backbone Review: four weeks, a fixed fee of ₹1,50,000 to ₹3,50,000 plus GST and expenses, one fix working by the end, and a plan with owners and measures that is yours to keep, whether or not we build it with you.
How the Review works100+ artifacts
8 master SOPs, 13 policies, 24 SOPs, 45+ trackers, role playbooks and hiring packs
Relevant if you are growing a project business and every approval still comes to you.
One org chart
for every employee, contractor and outsourced team, with costs, budget against actual, and scenarios
Relevant if your people costs are spread across payroll, contractors and vendors, and nobody can show the total.
90 days
from naming owners to the company's own team running the weekly cadence
Relevant if you are taking over a family business and the way it runs still lives with the founding generation.
Running now
Across Upwork and direct contracts, including the people on our project teams.
A small in-house team that takes on improvement and strategy work from across the business, the way an outside consultancy would. It works when it has one front door, clear rules for what it takes on, and a fixed rhythm for delivering and reporting.
With rules at the front door: every request needs a named sponsor, is scored on impact, urgency and readiness, and gets a yes only when there is capacity. Declined requests get a reason, which keeps the queue honest.
What you're trying to achieve in the next 90 days, and what's breaking in execution. We'll tell you plainly what we'd fix first.
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